Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-08-27
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Cheap Amusement Music by Flee
tricity A Naughty Photographer
The Base ball Craze and Other Top
les.
SAN FRANCISCO. August az, 1887.

SAN FRANCISCO, August IS, 1887.
Paying out a whole days salary, tor
single evenings amusement at the theatre
a practice which the poorer class OF Sa
Franciscans no longer have any excuse t
follow The clerk who earns SIS weel
and ''blows in" $40 OF it in one nights dra
ma for himself and his best girl, is nov
"a ed "simple" for he can have Just a
much amusement, if he has only mind t.
think so, by buying so cent or IS cent seat
at some Of the new playhouses.
For many years San Francisco has beer
known as The most extravagant city II
the world, and in the amusement line thi:
has been as true as in anything else. From
$50 10 $40 a seat, according TO The occa
sion has been paid without murmur at the
/ box Office of the down town theatres and the
class who have paid these prices has consis
ed largely Of persons who could not afford
1t, but who lrIed TO make Others think hat
they could. Thanks, how yer, 10 n far
sighted policy Of such men as NJ. II. de
Young, \ X. Masten AID William krrling.
our pguple can now nj dramatic. musical
and panoramic entertainments OF good,
healthy order withsut going very deep in"
their pockets When Mr.. de Young hui
The Alcazar, that prerry Moorish tempe 81
at, h laId The lounda ION stone, not ONLY
,or popular pr ced IRAN, hu also for the AT.
vance OF the theatrical ccnters into section
OF the city where no one hid ever hrfo
dreamed OF ESTABLISHING show house.
Next in line Of the Al azar has come the
Orpheum, large new building Of hand
some design, where a novel and Interesting
ass of amusement, is PROVIDED. | harpen-
ID N o rhe 0 phi. UNI III other night for the
nlSl time aud wa, surprised, not TO say as
tonlshed. by a feature Of the Performance
which had been told not to miss The
auditorium is expansive and although thu
place will seat over 5000 people, III re were
III lily thai many present, judg ny from the
area OF human Ibures hronglng the great
nall When the hGhts were turned up, il
was noticed thai all a ound The rom, su,
pended by wires midway from the ceiling.
were various mu,lcal In-t'um n 5 incluiIng
harp>, pa t.. ,tui. nm =, .trum>, lamhou-
rnes, gong aud a Il 9. On each side Of
thc stag were y, cuuus Ol gr, al organ
which began 10 peal loual, coward The al
lsr par Of the p rtormaoce. Its deep dr
I.A>on was brlilan,s vara ed upon IVY
rlhe, IA ui Abau h.. M { ln>. a
Oh the stag, wac rul.rd GU slice ion f,our
annnau,er. In the midst Of the clash aud
Din OF Wagner's great masterpiece, rher
was lul OF a moment, when the aerial IN
stuments took up The air, one by one, until
he great auditorium resoundrd with tn
rolling drums, crashing gongs and the bell.
ike notes OF great central piece by which
he theme OF The composition was held all
through. The sight of thesc instruments.
lung In mid ar, not louched by human I'm.
ser,, all sending forth their notes in concert,
vas one TO cause those not versed in cleo
neal science to marvel greatly. Then
,ame grand elvc.ncal apotheoSis. III
lghls W re iowe,rd. The organ peaIrd out.
he e eetncal instruments rang and The or.
,hestra roared. Sheets OF lightning played
across the room and mimic thunder crashed
n the intervals. Hundreds OF my>teriou>
effects were produced throus chou, the thea.
ire, electricity IN every case playing prom
MT part. Tn n OF a sudden, there was a
wlerd illumination, pan> OF red nre ~uspen,
ecd above the auditorium beng guied by
eleculclJy. In The mnst OF The great blaz-
Of red hight, the orch >lra brok INTO the
"SIar Spauglrd Bauur,' anh which tn
loud .lecuucal drums oil d INC S>antly.
"olmPle 'n'ush' 'A'd II RI K">ner, tn
"anag = 10 me- a'teI 'h' efofmSnce'
wv suins up OUT WI s. We connect them
win the Dynamo we arrangr our lnst;u-
menlS about with the striking hammers and
''heT Necessary aJ"nc NC ~ "'Ju>'r'.
nd then 'h'y al Al "ho'y u'Icr CONT
o' the man a. the KEY board
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politely, hui a. lmasl"ed, IA her AK.
ou>ly.
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nile Is I"rg arutl On IA wheat crasn.
'l So he nh indiHer y. Tncn h
nlolu ne pap r, scanned tlr colu n
cl.s,ly, passing by The vii, al morkrp w.
ana all The rest, uuiI h had come 10 III
'-sebali column, into which he lltched wit
.c'vd interest.
"Ah," he exclaimed txuIingly, ",h
b an eaters have knocked GU, the Drrult>. ="
HIS hre,t aved with emotion, his eye sho
an ehlhuSia>uc CLEAN and verify believe
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